Game apparatus.



R. L. ANDERSON.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 19x4.

1,145,457. Patented July 6, 1915.

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GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented July 6, 1915.

Application filed November 30, 1914. Serial N 0. 874,602.

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My invention relates to games, and more particularly to that class ofgames in which the playing pieces are propelled toward a goal andrequire a certain amount of skill on the part of the player to send thepieces to the desired location.

The game apparatus consists essentially of a square frame with apertures0r ports, playing pieces, and shooters, the object of the game being topropel the pieces through the ports with the shooters.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I, is a perspective view of thegame as played. Fig. II, shows the shooter. Fig. III, is a side view,partly in section, showing the way in which the shooter is used topropel the playing piece.

The box or frame 1, is the goal into which the pieces are shot and isshaped as an equilateral figure, say a square, made preferably of wood.In each side is an aperture 2, which extends to the bottom edge of theframe and is made of such size as to conveniently admit the playingpiece. The playing piece or disk 3, is made in the shape of a truncatedcone, the plane of the top 4, being parallel to the base 5. The coneterminates in a cylindrical rim 6, which extends perpendicularly fromthe base for a short distance. This rim prevents splitting and breakingand facilitates the operation of the device.

The shooter consists of a flattened stick 9, thin enough to insure aspringing effect, cut square at one end 7 and round at the other end 8,the square end being coated for a short distance, with a lubricatingmaterial,

say parafiin, which enables the disk to slip out more readily frombeneath the shooter.

The game may be played on any smooth surface and no special table orboard is necessary.

To play the game, the frame is placed in the center of the table, orother smooth surface, and each player is allotted an equal number ofdisks, which are placed at equal distances from the frame. The shooteris held at the round end and the square end placed on the top edge ofthe disk at right angles to the line leading to a port. By pressingsharply down on the disk with the end of the shooter the disk is made toshoot forward along the surface, due to the elastic pressure of the endof the shooter cooperating with the sloping edge of the cone as,

shown in Fig. III. Each player aims at one of the holes 2, and hisobject is to shoot all his disks through the hole into the frame first,and also to knock his opponents disks out of the frame.

The game may of course be varied or modified by the players.

The fact that it may be constructed at very little cost is one advantageofthe game, and also since no board or special playing field isnecessary, the game maybe put up in compact paste board box rendering itreadily portable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: v

1. A game apparatus comprising an equilateral frame, having ports ineach side reaching to the bottom of the side; disksin the form of atruncated cone terminating in a cylindrical rim extendingperpendicularly to the base, the plane of the top of said cone beingparallel to the base; and a shooter composed of a flattened piece ofwood.

2. In a game apparatus of the class described; a disk in the form of atruncated cone terminating in a cylindrical rim eX- tendingperpendicularly to the base, the plane of the top of said cone beingparallel to the base; and a shooter consisting of a flexible and elasticpiece of wood.

3. In a game apparatus of the class described; a disk in the form of atruncated cone terminating in a cylindrical rim extendingperpendicularly to the base, the plane of the top of said cone beingparallel to the base; and a shooter consisting of a flattened piece ofwood having its operative end coated with lubricatinv material.

In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, this twenty-eighth day of November, 1914.

ROBERT L. ANDERSON;

Witnesses J AMES H. BELL, E. L. FULLERTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

